# What are the natural strength limits for men and women?

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**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-natural-strength-limits-for-men-and-women/455554 "2008-07-07T14:44:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-natural-strength-limits-for-men-and-women/455554/22 "2011-05-25T21:42:21Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> So Captain America is like Batman? I didn’t know that; always thought the character was supposed to be superhumanly strong.

Cap is (artificially) at peak efficiency for a human being thanks to the super-soldier serum. Not superhuman. Merely “all that he could be”.

So, not quite like the Batman - who is entirely natural (though often depicted as being a very tall and large man).

Sorry for the marginal relevance.

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